Based on an RFA report (26 May 16) citing a Tibetan source living in Europe, on May 14, 2016, public security officials took into custody monk Jamyang Lodroe, age 35, while he was in front of a hospital located in the Ma’erkang (Barkham) county seat, the capital of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province. Tsinang Monastery, where Jamyang lived, is located near the seat of Aba (Ngaba) county, Aba T&QAP. RFA described the reason for the detention as “unclear.” RFA’s source said that “local Tibetans believe it may have been because of his writing and publication online of politically sensitive articles, and because he had shared these with other Tibetans.” VoT (7 July 17) reported that on July 4, 2017, a court in Heishui (Trochu) county, Aba T&QAP, sentenced Jamyang to 3 years in prison on unknown charges. Information on his location and status was not available.